Yo Yo Ma Awards
 Yo Yo Ma Awards
2005
Honorary Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) from Princeton University 
1999
Glenn Gould Prize
1998 
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance for Yo-Yo Ma Premieres - Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse 
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album for Yo-Yo Ma Premieres - Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse 
1996 
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for Brahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios 
1995 
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance for The New York Album - Works of Albert, Bart�k & Bloch 
Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition for  The New York Album, Stephen Albert: Cello Concerto 
1993 
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance for Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante/Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme 
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance  for Brahms: Sonatas for Cello & Piano  
1992
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for Brahms: Piano Quartets Op. 25, Op. 26) 
1990 
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance for Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22/Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68  
1987 
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for Beethoven: Cello and Piano Sonata No. 4 in C & Variations  
1986 
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for Brahms: Cello and Piano Sonatas in E Minor Op. 38, and F Op. 99 
1985 
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance for Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites